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English: strip mining

Polish translation: eksploatacja odkrywkowa / wydobywanie odkrywkowe







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English term or phrase:strip mining
Polish translation:eksploatacja odkrywkowa / wydobywanie odkrywkowe
Entered by:Lota
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English to Polish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
English term or phrase: strip mining
simply so.
Lota
United States
eksploatacja odkrywkowa / wydobywanie odkrywkowe
Explanation:
Leksykonia
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bartek
Poland
Note from asker to answerer
thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3eksploatacja odkrywkowa / wydobywanie odkrywkowe
bartek
3 +1kopalnictwo odkrywkowe
Mark Cole


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
eksploatacja odkrywkowa / wydobywanie odkrywkowe

Explanation:
Leksykonia

bartek
Poland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 104
Note from asker to answerer
thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree skisteeps
6 mins

agree Piotr Rypalski
1 hr

agree Dominika Juszczyk
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kopalnictwo odkrywkowe

Explanation:
It is the same as open-cast mining, as opposed to underground mining, usually to extract lignite (brown coal).
I'm not sure if above is the commonly used Polish term, but it was from the English-Polish Technological Diectionary

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-12 16:07:39 GMT)
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I'm not sure if it can be used in the above collocation.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_mining
Mark Cole
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree skisteeps: wolałbym górnictwo
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